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Mengitaenioptera multiramis

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Taxonomy
Mengitaenioptera multiramis was named by Liu and Ren (2008). Its type specimen is CNU NMDHG189, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Mengitaenioptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Mengitaenioptera multiramis Liu and Ren p. 1040 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderPlecoptera
suborderArctoperlariaZwick 1973
infraorderEuholognathaZwick 1973
superfamilyNemouroidea
familyTaeniopterygidae
genusMengitaenioptera
speciesmultiramis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mengitaenioptera multiramis Liu and Ren 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Ontogeny: moltingo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2011-07-02 09:44:25
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:44:25
Source: o = order
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Mengitaenioptera multiramis (type locality: 112663)